Bronze mortar with two turned handles, flared body decorated - Lot 24

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Bronze mortar with two turned handles, flared body decorated - Lot 24
Bronze mortar with two turned handles, flared body decorated with a bust of the Virgin and Child in a medallion on one side and Saint Anthony of Padua on the other, upright acanthus leaves, inscriptions; beneath the rim, OPVS ANTONII PICININI .F.; on a frieze below, GIVSEPPE MARIA LAMA / ANNO D[OMI]NI MDCCXXIV, a Christ monogram within a sun above Saint Anthony of Padua. Northern Italy, Padua or Venice, first quarter of the 18th century, 1724 H_ 25 cm A smaller mortar with a comparable profile, also decorated with a bust of the Virgin and Child and a figure of Saint Anthony of Padua, is held in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. M.1-1945). When compared with an example on display at the Civic Museum of Brescia, dated 1717, it is attributed to possibly Padua and Venice. Reference: P. Motture, *Bells & Mortars and related utensils*, London, 2001, cat. 62, pp. 185–187. Appraisal: Ms. Laurence FLIGNY Expert: FLIGNY Laurence
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